Finished Attic In A Modular Home

A contractor or a local building official can help you assess how the rule will apply to your attic and how modifications like dormers can resolve height shortcomings.

Finished attic in a modular home. Site built homes can take many weeks to complete while modular homes are assembled on site and usually finished within a week. Modular home uppermost sections that will include a roof travel with the roof laid flat atop the upper floor module. Manufactured houses do not usually have attic access because of the limited space between the ceiling and roof. Enforcement varies but codes typically say that at least half of a finished attic must be at least 7 feet high and that this area must be a minimum of 7 feet wide and 70 square feet.

California modular homes finance and appraise the same as a comparable site built home unlike manufactured homes so the only reason not to build with modular construction is if we can t access your site with big modular trucks or if you have to have an exact plan that can t be built efficiently with modular construction. If your home is smaller than other homes in your area or simply lacks the necessary amount of storage or living space for your family finishing your attic is a relatively inexpensive way to increase your usable space. Opening the ceiling to gain access is not a difficult process. So you ll see two knee walls one supporting the front and one the back roof section.

Dormer options for modular homes panelized full shed dormer you can add substantial space with full headroom to the unfinished attic of a cape cod or any home with a 12 in 12 roof pitch by building a shed dormer across the entire back of the roof. Turn your attic into a useful space that s not just storage. The cost of this project is in the 160 000 range. The roof rafters are hinged roughly 18 24 from the eaves of the home and are lifted up at the site then supported by an attic knee wall.

It s a 1000 square foot two bedroom one bath cape with an unfinished attic space. Follow the rule of 7s. This is our acadia model. The attic area does have sufficient room for moderate storage or to access for the purpose of running wires and installing various ceiling fixtures.

Converting your attic into usable finished space can increase the value of your home by maximizing the available square footage.